Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . Vjtt Hi* 3 § A I. or $1, To defray this expense,ninety-six persons throughout the colonyhad contributed £256 9^., the balance be-ing given by Andros on his departure fromthe country, and by other English officerslater. The church remained, however,without pews, although it had a pulpitcushion with fringe, tassel, and silk, until1694, when the pews were paid for by asubscription of ,£53. With poetical justice, Andros and Ran-dolph did not enter the building which theyhad done so much to obtain. They werepuni
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . Vjtt Hi* 3 § A I. or $1, To defray this expense,ninety-six persons throughout the colonyhad contributed £256 9^., the balance be-ing given by Andros on his departure fromthe country, and by other English officerslater. The church remained, however,without pews, although it had a pulpitcushion with fringe, tassel, and silk, until1694, when the pews were paid for by asubscription of ,£53. With poetical justice, Andros and Ran-dolph did not enter the building which theyhad done so much to obtain. They werepunished for their misdeeds of oppressionby not enjoying their good deed, or seeingthe emblem of that form of religion estab-lished which they really cared for. Thechurch-book, on the next page to thatwhich states the cost of the house, containsa Note. There can be little doubt wherethe sympathies of the writer lay. If he wasthe senior warden it is not strange, as had been one of those imprisoned. The records of the church do not statehow the land was procured, or of whom;when the b
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